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Who is flying unmanned aircraft in the U.S.?
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit [Jan. 10] against the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), demanding data on certifications and authorizations the agency has issued for the operation of unmanned aircraft, also known as drones.
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Mass. attorney general seeks to clarify Open Meeting Law
From PatriotLedger.com:
The attorney general’s office has been in charge of enforcing the law since 2010. Boards that run afoul of the Open Meeting Law are subject to a fine of up to $1,000.
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Anaheim officials to consider records policy changes
From The Voice of OC:
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait directed city officials Tuesday night to review the city's records policy for compliance with federal and state laws and to recommend improvements to the policy by next City Council meeting.
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Attorney sued by Seattle files new request for SPD dash cam video
From KOMONEWS.com:
SEATTLE — Are Seattle police willing to take a hard look at themselves?
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Records requests cost city $149,000
From Mercer Island Reporter:
The number of public records requests made to the City of Mercer Island (Wa.) went down this past year. But the cost of handling them was still substantial.
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“About 30 percent of my time in the first 11 months of 2011, was spent on records requests. City Clerk Ali Spietz said.
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Attorney general tells Oklahoma chiefs of police that information is public
State Attorney General Scott Pruitt has written a letter to the Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police about complaints that police departments are violating the Open Records Act by withholding public information from initial incident reports.
“The state Legislature has made it clear in this regard that a police department's initial offense report or cover sheet should be open for public inspection, regardless of its inclusion in an investigation file,” Pruitt wrote in his Jan. 4 letter.
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Freelance journalist sues Cabell County (W.V.) officials over access to records
Court: FBI can’t withhold whole file on Don Young probe
From Josh Gerstein at Politico:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was wrong to categorically withhold all records of a corruption probe of Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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FOIA lawsuit seeks disclosure of Guantanamo interrogation videos
From CNN Security Clearance Blog:
A legal group filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit on Monday asking that videotapes showing the interrogation of a terror detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, be made public.
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